Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-01-31
THE NIGHT OF LABOR
A THREAT THAT 1T SHALL BE WITH
OUT ILLUMINATION.
Talk of Prosecuting the New York Strike
by Shutting on the Gas and Extinguish-
Inc the Electric Light-Idie Men Crow
ing Ugly-Tbe Cost of the Fun, So Far
Coal Scarce at Fall River.

ins the Electric LIght-Id,e Men Grow
ing ugly-Tbe Cost of the Fun, So Far
Coal Scarce at Fall River.
New YORK, Jan. Sl.-District assembly
No. a., K OF L., whose master workman,
james Qlinn, is under arrest for conspiracy
in the present longshore trouble, was in Sos :
sion nine hours Sun Law Mr.. Quinn was
present Word was received from the gen.
eral executive board L. of L., that general
assessment will ba ordered if neces sary
Resolutions justifying the strike were
adopted Plans were perfected whereby the
elevated and surface railroads of the city
could be tied up and gas AMI electric light
factories closed if deemed necessary There
was no change in the situation OF the coal
handlers strike in Hoboken, Weehawken, or
Jersey City Saturday. At the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western docks about 100
more Italians brought over in the morning
were put to work to fill the places of those
who struck Friday. At the other compan-
les docks only a few new..men hired early in
the week wer5 at work The longshoremen
employed by the custom house weighers on
the East river and Brooklyn docks Joined
the strikers ranks Saturday. The weighers'
longshoremen on the North river docks, it is
expected will follow
James E. Quinn, of the longshoremen's ex-
ecutive board, was arrested Saturday and
bailed in $500. The others against whom
warrants were issued viii not be arrested,
their friends answering for their appearance
when wanted. The charge is conspiring to
injura the business of the Old Dominion
steamship company, and damages of so, go
are asked.
The strikers are getting angry at the delay
in settling the matter and their anger is
vented in attacks upon the non-union men
employed. Two Germans who were at work
on the Savannah steamship line, crossed the
east OF West street at noon and were at
tackled by mob. They escaped across the
street TO the pier Of the company In addi-
ton to these acts of violence the strikers are
sending notices TO the wives of the men who
are at work on the piers, notifying them that
it would be just as well for them to provide
collins for their husbands
All the papers give an elaborate array Of
figures showing in detail the tremendous
losses already sustained by various industries
through the longshoremen's strike A sum-
mary shows the following result: Loss to
workingmen, 81, SOC. 900; loss to companies,
SIS, 600; loss in commissions, $50, 900; loss in
filling contracts, S210, o0J; loss to shipping
and merchants, city and country, s, o00, zoo;
grand total, si,s4l ,01.
member of the general executive board
of the knights, who is here, said the knights
were going to win this fight, and if the en-
plcyers did not surrender soon the workmeu
in the gas houses, in the breweries, in the
electric light manufactures, in the big ma
chine shops and boiler works will be ordered
out, each in their turn W. will follow up
any sort o. coal union or nou-lnion coal"
In Brooklyn business Is at a complete
and viii uo Goub- remain so until
the great strike Is ended \ few Italians
green hands -were at work at soma of the
stores Saturday, but comparatively little
work could be done, as they were evidently
IN fear of beng attacked hy tie strikers at
any moment